Chapter Summaries

Players in the Intermediate Divine Guard Office instance reacted to a high-reward Merge-Region Quest, weighing its dangers and deciding whether to participate. Yang Ling anticipated encountering Luo Kai and Immortal God Cult members, then began forming a plan as the White Bone Divine Lord and Chen Jiu arrived.

• The Immortal God Cult members ordered Luo Kai to join the Merge-Region Quest, and he agreed rather than remain in jail.
• Zhang Shendao, Lin Caiyi, and the Patrol Division Eighth Office players discussed the quest’s risks and rewards, then several decided to participate.
• The players worried that cultists from multiple regions might gather, and some changed their minds about joining to protect Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling considered the risks, hoped Luo Kai would enter the quest, and devised an “Immortal God Cult Mass Logout Plan.”
• Zhu Xiu announced that the White Bone Divine Lord and Chen Jiu had arrived with two Third-Rank Grandmasters from the Cicada-Holding Directorate.

Chen Jiu deployed the assembled Martial Artists to defend Jiajiu City as three Land Immortals went to confront the Red Flame Emperor. Yang Ling was assigned to Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, where his allies arrived ahead of him and reported that they were surrounded by the Immortal God Cult.

• Chen Jiu announced the Red Flame Emperor’s campaign, and three Land Immortals from the Great Dream Dynasty rushed out to face it.
• Zhu Xiu accepted his deployment orders, while Yang Ling joined the quest and selected Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine as his post.
• Eunuch Chen confirmed that Yang Ling would reinforce two Fifth-Rank Minor Grandmasters at the mine, and the White Bone Divine Lord told him to keep a low profile there.
• Yang Ling discovered that Players from other regions had gathered at the mine and told Lin Caiyi and Qin Mo to investigate the terrain and identify Immortal God Cult cultists without engaging them.
• Qin Mo reported that the group was surrounded by the Immortal God Cult, so Yang Ling asked Eunuch Chen for a map and prepared to go ahead at speed.

Players from Zhao State confronted Zhai Zhen and the Immortal God Cult in the Red Copper Mine, while rumors spread that Yang Ling might be nearby. The arrival of You Sijin, Rank One on the Great Dream Dynasty’s Divine Realm Rank List, revealed that the instance was set in the Great Dream Dynasty.

• Players speculated that the Yang Ling mentioned by Lin Caiyi’s group was the level-100 martial-skill expert, while Liu Yu recalled a Yang Ling killing a Fifth-Rank Minor Grandmaster.
• Zhai Zhen threatened the Iron Clothes and their allies with explosives, but Qin Mo and the others refused to back down.
• Chen Guoqing urged Zhai Zhen to obey the law, but Zhai Zhen declared that the Immortal God Cult would help its followers attain immortality and blamed its persecutors for players quitting the game.
• A group in unfamiliar Divine Guard Office-style uniforms arrived and greeted Zhai Zhen as an ally.
• You Sijin introduced himself as Rank One on the Great Dream Dynasty’s Divine Realm Rank List, revealing that the instance was in the Great Dream Dynasty.

You Sijin, Rank One of the Great Dream Dynasty, arrived at Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, mocked Zhao State’s players, and tried to take command of a shared quest while defending the Immortal God Cult. As he dismissed Yang Ling as no threat, Yang Ling suddenly appeared before the gathered players.

• You Sijin’s appearance startled the players from several regions, and Liu Yu said the Great Dream Dynasty’s Rank One was likely stronger than him.
• You Sijin criticized Lin Caiyi and other top Zhao State players for their cultivation, then praised Yang Ling for unlocking the Martial Skill Realm Rank List and reaching level 100 first.
• Qin Mo warned You Sijin and the Immortal God Cult members that Yang Ling was nearby, but You Sijin claimed the mine forbade fighting and said Yang Ling could not threaten him.
• You Sijin said he was not in the Immortal God Cult but would help his brother Zhai Zhen resolve the dispute, then urged the players to cooperate on the Jiajiu City quest.
• A rumbling approached, and Yang Ling suddenly appeared before the gathered players, shocking Liu Yu.

Yang Ling arrived at the Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine at astonishing speed and identified himself as a Myriad Manifestations Office official sent to reinforce the garrison. After the other players realized who he was, he confronted Zhai Zhen and the Immortal God Cult members.

• Yang Ling tested Lingxu Step's Near at Hand, Yet Worlds Apart at full speed, then examined the gathered people's attribute panels and studied You Sijin's abilities.
• You Sijin introduced himself as a reinforcement, while players mistook Yang Ling for an NPC until Liu Yu recognized him and greeted him as an old acquaintance.
• Two Fifth-Rank garrison officers asked who had come to help, and Yang Ling identified himself as the head of the Eighth Division of the Patrol Division, sent by Chen Zhangyin.
• Yang Ling showed his identity token, declined the officers' invitation for tea, and remained at the mine while the other reinforcements were still on their way.
• Yang Ling spotted Zhai Zhen hiding behind You Sijin and ordered the Immortal God Cult members to stand at attention, threatening to make them quit the game.

Yang Ling confronted Zhai Zhen and the Immortal God Cult at Eagle Valley’s red copper mine, refusing You Sijin’s attempt to mediate and declaring his plan to drive the cult’s members from Divine Domain. After killing more than a hundred of them and defeating You Sijin, Yang Ling ordered the remaining players screened and the mine searched.

• You Sijin asked Yang Ling to set aside his grievances with the Immortal God Cult until after the mission, but Yang Ling refused and announced his plan to force its members out of the game.
• Zhai Zhen defended the cult and rejected You Sijin’s offer to persuade him to leave, so Yang Ling approached him with the Heaven Swallowing Divine Blade.
• Yang Ling killed over a hundred Immortal God Cult members in an instant, then struck down You Sijin when he charged in grief and fury over Zhai Zhen’s death.
• Yang Ling identified himself to the arriving martial artists as an official of the Myriad Manifestations Office and ordered them to collect the bodies for his assignment.
• Yang Ling ordered all players to gather within half an hour for screening and told Qin Mo to lead Zhao State players in searching the mine.

At Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, Yang Ling interrogated Immortal God Cult players and exposed their crimes, then had every cultist from Zhao State and the Rong Tribe removed from the game. He told the gathered players to focus on defending Jiajiu City while he continued searching for the cult’s members elsewhere.

• Wang Duo and Ding Xing discussed the mine’s importance and agreed to cooperate with Yang Ling’s arrest operation.
• Qin Mo reported that players from Zhao State and the Rong Tribe had captured the cultists at the mine, while Yang Ling learned the news could not be kept from other strongholds.
• Yang Ling revealed that Qiu Donghang had killed three players to steal their belongings, and a fellow cultist attacked him before Yang Ling killed him with a throwing knife.
• Yang Ling questioned the captured cultists, and every Immortal God Cult member from Zhao State and the Rong Tribe left the game.
• Zhang Shendao and Chen Guoqing warned the players to hold on to their moral boundaries, while Qin Mo reported that no cultist knew Li Fengxian’s whereabouts.
• Yang Ling said he would prioritize the main quest, visit cultists at other strongholds when possible, and meet with representatives from each region.

Yang Ling gathered regional player representatives to urge cooperation against the Immortal God Cult and proposed the Grandmaster Project for building trust and sharing information during future Merge-Region Quests. The chapter ended with Qin Mo registering the representatives and recording who refused to join.

• Yang Ling introduced himself to the regional representatives and told You Sijin to leave, but You Sijin returned to his seat after learning Yang Ling had reached level 151.
• Yang Ling explained that the Immortal God Cult had spread in Zhao State and the Rong Tribe because its Cult Master was in the Zhao State region, and he urged the other regions to suppress it if it gained influence.
• You Sijin challenged Yang Ling’s authority, and Yang Ling revealed that he was Top Upper Fifth Rank and expected to reach the Fourth-Rank Grandmaster realm soon.
• Liu Yu backed Yang Ling’s strength by saying he had seen him kill a Fifth-Rank Minor Grandmaster, while You Sijin continued to oppose cooperation.
• Yang Ling proposed the Grandmaster Project, offering members cross-region trade and paid exchanges of key information in return for maintaining trust and security.
• Yang Ling ordered Qin Mo to register the representatives and identify those unwilling to join the Grandmaster Project.

Yang Ling recruited players into the Grandmaster Project, expelled You Sijin after he refused to cooperate, and learned more about the Divine Guard Office. After improving the Great Flying Sword Technique, he and Eagle Valley prepared to face the first beast tide of the Red Flame Emperor’s war of conquest.

• Yang Ling told the new Grandmaster Project members that duplicate internal methods and martial skills could grant experience or proficiency, then ordered them to watch for the Immortal God Cult.
• You Sijin refused to support the project, so Yang Ling expelled him and appointed Liu Dali as the Great Dream Dynasty’s representative; Liu Dali openly backed the project.
• After the other players left, Liu Dali told Yang Ling that players suspected the Divine Guard Office’s Department Master had sexually exploited Zhang Daochu and You Sijin to help them cultivate multiple first-class internal skills.
• Yang Ling practiced the Great Flying Sword Technique while players across the regions fought beast tides, and the technique advanced to entering the hall and room after he consumed Black Thunder Tortoise-Shell Lingzhi.
• Beacon smoke rose at a sentry post near the Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, and Wang Duo, Ding Xing, and Eunuch Chen mobilized Eagle Valley’s forces to meet the incoming beast tide.

Yang Ling and You Sijin joined Eagle Valley’s defense against a Beast Tide, and Yang Ling slaughtered the charging Ironclad Rhinoceroses with his flying daggers. After the survivors celebrated the victory, a corrupted arrow struck Wang Duo, and Eunuch Chen identified the attacker as an Abyssal Martial Artist.

• Wang Duo described the Beast Tide and urged Eunuch Chen to oversee the battle from the rear, but Eunuch Chen refused and drew his saber.
• Yang Ling revealed You Sijin as a fourth fifth-rank fighter and assigned him to help deal with the Ironclad Rhinoceroses.
• As the Beast Tide arrived, most players trembled with fear while the natives prepared to fight.
• You Sijin crippled an Ironclad Rhinoceros with a lightning-charged dagger, and Yang Ling killed the charging rhinoceroses with a barrage of flying daggers.
• With the most dangerous beasts dead, the players charged in, and the Beast Tide retreated after an hour of fighting.
• A black-mist-covered arrow struck Wang Duo and killed or injured hundreds nearby, prompting Eunuch Chen to shout that an Abyssal Martial Artist had attacked.

After the Beast Tide ended, Shi Tianhu and the Mingwang Group ambushed the Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine, killing Wang Duo and forcing the survivors to stand still. Shi Tianhu offered them a chance to join the Abyssal Beast Cavern and attack Jiajiu City, leaving Yang Ling and the others facing a choice under threat.

• A silent arrow killed Wang Duo and another arrow killed a martial artist who tried to flee, while Yang Ling sensed seven attackers on a distant cliff.
• Eunuch Chen identified the attackers as the Mingwang Group, an Abyssal Martial Artist force led by Shi Tianhu, a former Great Underworld Temple prodigy who had reached the Lower Fourth Rank.
• Shi Tianhu's subordinate defeated Ding Xing, and Shi Tianhu recognized Eunuch Chen as Chen Jianghai's son and threatened to send him to his father.
• Shi Tianhu invited the survivors to become Abyssal Martial Artists and join the campaign against Jiajiu City, prompting a quest offer to the players.

Yang Ling refused to join the Abyssal Beast Cavern as Shi Tianhu revealed the Five Venom Emperor Lord’s plan to conquer Jiajiu City and hinted that a Great Dream Land Immortal had defected. Most players and native martial artists switched sides, leaving Yang Ling and a small group with Jiajiu City as Shi Tianhu prepared to fight them.

• Shi Tianhu said the Five Venom Emperor Lord planned to conquer Jiajiu City and then attack the Capital, and revealed that a Great Dream Land Immortal might have defected.
• Yang Ling declared that he would live and die with Jiajiu City, while You Sijin and most players chose to join the Abyssal Beast Cavern.
• Liu Yu chose to stand with Jiajiu City, but most You State players and many native martial artists followed the enemy faction.
• After the fifteen-minute deadline, Shi Tianhu shot dead a martial artist who tried to switch sides late.
• Yang Ling recognized that Shi Tianhu forged arrows from qi and blood and judged him a powerful opponent worth testing himself against.

Yang Ling caught Shi Tianhu’s Bone-Melting Arrow and used it to kill a powerful Mingwang Group member, revealing his strength to the gathered fighters. Shi Tianhu tried to recruit him, but Yang Ling refused to betray the Great Dream Dynasty and caught another arrow, leaving a second Mingwang member fighting its poison.

• Shi Tianhu challenged Ding Xing to fight Yang Ling or face the consequences, then shot a Bone-Melting Arrow at Zhang Wei.
• Yang Ling caught the arrow and flung it back, killing the Mingwang Group member who had defeated Ding Xing.
• The crowd realized Yang Ling was powerful, and Shi Tianhu revealed that the Mingwang Group had come specifically because of him.
• Shi Tianhu offered Yang Ling a place in the Mingwang Group, but Yang Ling refused to defect from the Great Dream Dynasty.
• Shi Tianhu fired a stronger arrow, which Yang Ling caught and redirected into another Mingwang Group member, who resisted the poison with Flesh Regeneration Power.

Yang Ling used his giant armor and Ice Blade to defeat Shi Tianhu, then beheaded the other Mingwang Group members. The players celebrated having a grandmaster among them, but Shi Tianhu’s severed head remained alive and killed You Sijin with black mist.

• Shi Tianhu absorbed the Bone-Melting Arrow’s black mist to save a Mingwang Group member, then attacked Yang Ling with enhanced strength and agility.
• Yang Ling activated his armor, Giantification, and Ice Blade, pierced Shi Tianhu, and then severed his head with another flying dagger.
• Yang Ling used Near at Hand, Yet Worlds Apart to appear before the remaining Mingwang Group members and cut off their heads.
• Liu Yu and the other players recognized Yang Ling as a grandmaster, and Zhang Shendao celebrated that players now had one of their own.
• You Sijin taunted Shi Tianhu, but Shi Tianhu’s severed head spat black mist that turned him into rotten flesh.
• Shi Tianhu told Yang Ling to spare him and return his head and body to the Great Dream Dynasty for the bounty.

Yang Ling killed Shi Tianhu after learning that three thousand Abyssal Martial Artists, including higher-ranked fighters, had come under the Five Venom Emperor Lord’s orders. He planned to claim the bounty for Shi Tianhu’s head and arrange You Sijin’s death benefits, while Ding Xing dealt with the traitors.

• Eunuch Chen confirmed that the Great Underworld Temple offered a Three-Thousand-Year Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruit for Shi Tianhu’s head, and Yang Ling realized it could advance his Martial Way Kindling.
• Shi Tianhu revealed that at least three thousand Abyssal Martial Artists had come, including fighters of the first, second, and third ranks.
• Yang Ling abruptly struck Shi Tianhu hundreds of times and killed him, then decided to exchange his head for the rare herb.
• Eunuch Chen thanked Yang Ling for avenging his father, and Yang Ling asked the Cicada-Holding Directorate to hand over You Sijin’s death benefits.
• Yang Ling said the players who had pretended to defect could return to the Great Dream Dynasty, but their quest remained unresolved.
• Eunuch Chen told Ding Xing to settle matters with the native traitors, and Ding Xing led the loyal martial artists in a bloody attack.

After the Beast Tide, Yang Ling assessed his strength and considered selling Shi Tianhu’s head in the Abyssal Beast Cavern to obtain rare herbs. Eunuch Chen advised him that the Precious Medicine Gang’s leader at Golden Lion Ridge was the most promising buyer.

• Players at the Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine complained that Divine Domain had stranded them in the Abyssal Beast Cavern faction and worried about continued scrutiny by the locals.
• Yang Ling compared his attributes and concluded that he could overpower Lower Fourth-Rank Grandmasters, while stronger Middle Fourth-Rank Grandmasters could still pose a threat.
• Yang Ling decided to sell Shi Tianhu’s head in the Abyssal Beast Cavern, hoping to trade it for a Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruit or other valuable medicine.
• Eunuch Chen gave Yang Ling ten thousand Abyssal Gold Notes as You Sijin’s death benefit, collected from his subordinates.
• Eunuch Chen told Yang Ling that the Precious Medicine Gang’s leader, stationed at Golden Lion Ridge, could afford Shi Tianhu’s head.

Yang Ling learned how Golden Lion Ridge’s population helped the Great Dream Dynasty suppress the Abyssal Beast Cavern, then investigated an Immortal God Cult recruitment pitch aimed at players. After posing as a powerful recruit, he left Dong Jing expecting him to provide a name for verification.

• Eunuch Chen explained that Golden Lion Ridge had been held by the dynasty for centuries and that most of its three million residents were Abyssal People who could leave only by earning great merit or reaching Fifth Rank.
• Yang Ling realized the dynasty was using settlement and population growth to maintain control of the Abyssal Beast Cavern.
• Dong Jing urged players to join the Immortal God Cult, while nearby Zhao State players warned that Yang Bangyi’s campaign had forced cult members to quit the game and put bounties on them.
• An Immortal God Cult member tried to release powder against the Zhao State players, but Yang Ling redirected it into the member’s nostrils, forcing him to take an antidote.
• Yang Ling asked Dong Jing about joining the cult and claimed to be Lower Eight Rank; Dong Jing offered to waive his membership fee and requested his name for verification.

Yang Ling brought Shi Tianhu’s head and five other Mingwang Group heads to the Cicada-Holding Directorate’s Golden Lion Ridge station to register them and claim their value. After securing a seat among the assembled officials, he faced Shi Tianhu’s master, who questioned how the Lower Fourth-Rank Grandmaster had died.

• Yang Ling used the name Zhang Wei to gain Dong Jing’s trust, then privately coordinated with Zhang Wei about killing more targets near Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine.
• Eunuch Chen escorted Yang Ling to the Golden Lion Ridge station and warned him that the Cicada-Holding Directorate had greater strength than the Myriad Manifestations Office.
• Eunuch Xu tried to take Yang Ling’s bag of heads, but Yang Ling insisted on registering them himself; Lampbearer Xu then invited them into the hall where Shi Tianhu’s master was present.
• Yang Ling assessed the officials in the hall and demanded a chair, which Lampbearer Xu promptly ordered for him.
• Eunuch Chen displayed the heads, and Shi Tianhu’s master recognized the dead Lower Fourth-Rank Grandmaster and turned his attention to Yang Ling.

Yang Ling brought Shi Tianhu’s head to the Cicada-Holding Directorate, where Shi Haixuan challenged him over Shi Tianhu’s death and missing body. After Yang Ling had the Mingwang Group’s destruction recorded, competing buyers offered to purchase the six heads, leaving the sale unsettled.

• Shi Haixuan questioned Yang Ling about how he had killed Shi Tianhu, and Yang Ling accused him of shielding his former disciple.
• Yang Ling said he would take Shi Tianhu’s head to Golden Lion Ridge to sell and claimed the body had been fed to dogs.
• Shi Haixuan threatened Yang Ling over Shi Tianhu’s body, but Yang Ling refused to back down and told him to complain to the Myriad Manifestations Office.
• Xu and Xiao recorded Yang Ling’s achievement of wiping out the Mingwang Group.
• A Precious Medicine Gang elder offered to take Yang Ling to the gang leader, but Xian Donglai offered one Three-Thousand-Year Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruit for all six heads, prompting the elder to claim first priority.

Yang Ling identified the supposed Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruit offered by Xian Donglai as a deadly Illusion-Transformation Fruit and accused him of plotting against him. As suspicion spread through the hall, Shi Haixuan challenged Xian Donglai to eat it and prove it was harmless.

• Xian Donglai offered Yang Ling a Three-Thousand-Year Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruit in exchange for Shi Tianhu's head, and a Precious Medicine Gang elder confirmed it was an exceptionally old fruit.
• Yang Ling recognized the fruit as a poisonous Illusion-Transformation Fruit and urged Xian Donglai to eat it, claiming it would kill him.
• Yang Ling connected the fruit to the attack at Eagle Valley Red Copper Mine and said it strengthened his suspicion that Jiajiu City had a traitor.
• Xian Donglai denied Yang Ling's accusation and called his story unconvincing, while Yang Ling mentioned several powerful factions tied to recent cases.
• Shi Haixuan challenged Xian Donglai to eat the fruit to prove it was not poisonous.